Help me with this 1st gen shuffle. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee

so i plug my shuffle into my pc and the orange light starts to flash. a message pops up saying the device in the usb port has milfunched. i check the usb drive and it says that the drives for this device have not been installed. i don't want to wipe out the music i already have on here just in case this thing never works. I've had this for more then a year so i can't send it back. anybody have thoughts on what i can do to fix this. any help will be much appreciated

Just so I understand, your Nano is dead, the computer you used to sync it is dead, and I assume you have no backup.
Is that right?
Anyway, you can't copy music directly from one Nano to another, dead or alive.
See if this helps: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
I believe you will need to download all your iTunes purchases to a computer and sync it with the replacement Nano. You do not have to pay for previous iTunes Store purchases again.
Launch iTunes on a computer.
Click on iTunes Store on the left
On the right you will see this
Click on "Purchased" (with the orange blob)
On the summary page that appears select the tab "Not on This Computer" on the right.
On the list that appears, select what you want and then click the "Download" button.
To play what you download, you will need to "Authorize this Computer" for each computer you wish to authorize. This only has to be done once. There is a limit of five computers that you may authorize.

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Just so I understand, your Nano is dead, the computer you used to sync it is dead, and I assume you have no backup.
Is that right?
Anyway, you can't copy music directly from one Nano to another, dead or alive.
See if this helps: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
I believe you will need to download all your iTunes purchases to a computer and sync it with the replacement Nano. You do not have to pay for previous iTunes Store purchases again.
Launch iTunes on a computer.
Click on iTunes Store on the left
On the right you will see this
Click on "Purchased" (with the orange blob)
On the summary page that appears select the tab "Not on This Computer" on the right.
On the list that appears, select what you want and then click the "Download" button.
To play what you download, you will need to "Authorize this Computer" for each computer you wish to authorize. This only has to be done once. There is a limit of five computers that you may authorize.

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I used to connect my radar detector and mp3 player together so that the sound would play out of the same place. I've recently acquired a 1st gen shuffle and it won't play correctly when connected with the radar. Neither max volume or sound check are enabled in the settings. What's up with this?

No idea. It has no speaker to play sounds.

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I cannot get my 1st gen shuffle to be seen by Windows XP Pro. We have all the updates, the latest version of iTunes. The Shuffle plays, it connects to another computer running Windows XP. I see several messages here that point to different articles. The only thing we haven't done is edit the registry.

Have you tried going through the steps here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
If that doesn't work, sometimes other USB devices plugged in can cause this. You may want to try removing any other USB devices plugged into the CPU (other than the keyboard and mouse).
Also, what version of iTunes are you running? Check that by going along the top of iTunes and choosing Help>About iTunes.

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ok here's my problem; i have a first gen ipod shuffle.(the long skinny white one) it works fine had it for 2 months. i bought my son the same 1st gen shuffle for xmas. I went to install the cd; it removed the 1st installation from when i installed my shuffle. so i reinstalled. it won't recognize the second shuffle (my son's) AT ALL. i restored it using the restore utility download; no help. the new shuffle is still plugged in orange light. doesnt show up in itunes or on my computer.
also when i registered the new shuffle the serial code wasnt accepted, so i had to use the MP code on the box, then it shows me the serial number, which is the exact number i entered.
my question is: can you run two shuffles on one computer, on one itunes, and just have the program recognize the two different shuffles? how? PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

For running Multiple iPods please look to this article.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432
As For trying to install the CD to the Shuffle, Make sure that you are running the latest version of Itunes.
1. Click Help in iTunes
2. Click About Itunes
The Version number will be the first thing you see scrolling up the page. if you are not Running 7.0.2 then Download latest software and try to sync ipod once again.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download

Using 1st Gen Shuffle in Disk Mode

I have need for a 1Gbyte flash drive all of a sudden, and I realize my 1st Gen Shuffle fills the bill. So I reviewed the manual for using this in Disk mode, which shows a check box option to employ "disk mode" for the device.
Except that the new version of iTunes doesn't actually have that same option in it's settings anywhere. So I can still deselect "open iTunes when device inserted" option, there's no "disk mode" anywhere.
Question, then...does there need to be? Or will it now just work?
Thanks for any help.

I have need for a 1Gbyte flash drive all of a sudden,
and I realize my 1st Gen Shuffle fills the bill. So I
reviewed the manual for using this in Disk mode,
which shows a check box option to employ "disk mode"
for the device.
Except that the new version of iTunes doesn't
actually have that same option in it's settings
anywhere. So I can still deselect "open iTunes when
device inserted" option, there's no "disk mode"
anywhere.
Question, then...does there need to be? Or will it
now just work?
Yes there needs to be, and is: It's lower down the Settings panel. Make your iTunes window bigger by pulling the lower right corner... OR just scroll downwards.

Can't Update 1st-gen Shuffle

I have iTunes 7.0.2 and Mac OS X 10.4.8. My (1st-gen) shuffle is recognized and syncs older or non-DRM songs just fine, but won't sync some newer songs purchased through the iTunes Music Store. I get a message telling my to perform an update from the Summary tab.
Unfortunately, the Update and Restore buttons on the summary tab are disabled, so I can't use them. Nor can I use the iPod Updater 2.0.1 -- it never recognizes the iPod. The iPod Updater 2006-06-28 *does* recognize the iPod, but fails to recognize a software version. Likewise, the summary tab in iTunes says "n/a" for both Software Version and Serial Number. (I've tried "updating" using the 06-28 version; it tries, but gives me an error.)
How can I update this thing? I'd like to have my newer music on my iPod.

I downloaded and tried the Shuffle Reset Utility, but it couldn't restore the shuffle. I received an error message saying "No Firmware."
However, I went to my wife's Windows computer, downloaded the Shuffle reset utility, and it worked fine, there. In fact, the Shuffle worked flawlessly with Windows (I was able to sync it with my wife's iTunes library, etc).
I thought -- great, back in business! However, when I returned to the Mac and tried to sync with my own music library, I have the same problems; the Shuffle's version, serial number, et cetera isn't recognized, I can't sync newer songs, et cetera.
Obviously, the Shuffle isn't the problem. Also, the Shuffle worked fine with my Mac before the latest iTunes update; I'm beginning to think it's a Mac software issue with the update. The other possibility is a connection issue, but I've tried all the direct USB ports on the computer, and also a powered hub (also, the fact that the Shuffle worked fine, before, makes me think that the connection probably isn't the issue).
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I've had my 512 1st gen shuffle for approx. 1 year.
The battery died so I plugged the shuffle into my CPU's (Windows XP Home SP2, DFI Lanparty Motherboard, AMD 3000 Processor yadda yadda yadda)
USB port and there was no response. I tried multiple ports, restarted computer, installed latest and greatest Itunes.
I tried my flashdrive on my desktop, it works fine.
So then I tried my Ipod on my laptop (which does not have itunes, windows xp home, old pos) and the laptop did NOT recognize the ipod.
However the ipod, although nearing battery death, still works, plays music, skips songs, it just refuses to play nice with my computers.
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YES! I just used my 3rd Gen (replacement) earphones with my 2nd Gen
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Hi,
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SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Oct 22 14:36:17 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect system/abcd
Connected.
SQL> select to_date('12-oct','dd') from dual;
select to_date('12-oct','dd') from dual
ERROR at line 1:
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Do I always have to provide the string in the format 'dd-mon-yyyy' or 'dd-mon-yy'?No, the 1st argument does not always have to be in a particular format. That's what the 2nd argument is for: it says what format the first argument is in.
It helps if you write the two arguments on separate lines, the 2nd rught below the 1st:
TO_DATE ( '12-oct'
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TO_DATE ( '12'
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The following, however, is wrong:
TO_DATE ( '12-oct'     -- ERROR! This is 6 characters
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So, if d is a DATE, October 22, 2010, 00:00:00, then
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hi, i want to buy headphones that are compatible with my 3rd gen. shuffle. can you please recommend which to purchase? It appears that you do not sell the older headphones style.

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Apple sells the Earpods which should work just fine with a shuffle. And there are also other brands available.
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I had a similar problem with a message dialog. Don't know if it is a bug, I was in a hurry and had no time to search the bug database... I found a solution by using keyPressed() and keyReleased() instead of keyTyped():
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